Girls with Gloves
“This is America and this is the land of the free and the home of the brave, and all they want is the chance to play baseball and an opportunity,” said Niekro in his 1997 Baseball Hall of Fame Induction speech. “So I am honored and very privileged to be a part of an organization for the past four years.”
Samantha Burkett is a freelance writer from Fairport, N.Y.
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